Ernst heyer



(No M`ode1.)

E. HEYER.

y VALVED BOTTLE STOPPER. No. 434,782.. Patented Aug. 19', 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. i,

ERNST HEYER, OF SCAMMONVILLE, KANSAS.

VALVED BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,782, dated August19, 1890.

' Application led April 12, 1890. Serial No. 347,715. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNST HEYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Scammonville, in the county of Cherokee and State of Kansas,have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Draft Stoppers andNozzles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to improvements in draft nozzles andStoppers or covers for cans, bottles, and the like, and the novelty willbe fully understood from the following description and claim, when takenin connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of the upper portion of a can or bottle with myimprovements applied. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, A indicates a portion of a canor bottle, which may be of any ordinary or approved form, carryingaround its neck a wire or band B, for a purpose which will be presentlyexplained.

a indicates the cork or stopper, which is preferably made of rubber,although it may be of other suitable material. This stopper is providedat its bottom with a metallic plate e and at its top with a similarplate d, which has a depending iange seated in a recess of the stoppera.

b indicates the drafttube, which may be'of the form usually employed.This tube passes through the stopper a, and may be iixed at its lowerend to the lower plate e, so as to communicate with the interior of thevessel or receptacle.

f indicates a vent-tube, which also passes through the stopper a and hasits lower end curved, as shown, and extending a sufiicient distance intothe can A. This vent-tube, which is arranged, preferably, atadiametrical point from the draft-tube, extends into the receptacle orcan at such a poin't that when said can has been tilted to pour from itsdrafttube the lower end of the vent-tube will as'- sume a position abovethe liquid to be drawn. The vent-tube f may be secured at its upper endto the upper plate d, and a shoulder or washer c employed below theplate e to fix said tube in position.

g indicates a yoke or arm clamped at a suitable point on the draft-tube,and its outer end has fulcrumed to it athumb-lever h. The thumb-lever h,which is of a form substantially as shown, has its outer end bent, as atj,

. so as to snugly cover the discharge end of the draft-tube b. Thisthumb-lever is normally held covering the draft-tube by means of aspring Z, which has its lower bearing upon the stopper and its upperbearing against the inner under side of said lever. The lever ispreferably provided with lugjournals, and a pin employed to hinge orfnlcrum the lever on the clamp g.

O indicates a valverod, which is shaped to correspond with the curvatureof the venttube and passes through the same, as shown. This rod isconnected at its upper end with the inner end of the lever h and passesthrough the spring O; and also the vent-tube is provided at its lowerend with plug or valve M, designed to normally close the lower end ofthe vent-tube.

P indicates a pull-ring, which is secured to arod. (Better shown indotted lines on Fig. 1 of the drawings.) This rod passes through thestopper and is secured at its lower end to the lower plate e, the ringbeing upon the plate d to afford a convenient means for drawing the corkor stopper.

r indicates a connection, which is here shown as a spring, forconnecting the stopper with the bottle or can to which it is to beapplied. This spring has its lower end secured to the neckAba-nd B, andits upper end is adapted to be secured to the stopper by means of a hookor otherwise.

In operation when it is desired to draw from the bottle or caskcontaining liquid, the user grasping the bottle places his thumb uponthe inner end of the levenh, thus depressing the spring and opening thevent-tube, and at the same time uncovering the draft-tube, and as thevessel is tilted to pour from air will be freely admitted into thevessel, and the draft may be momentarily shut off by the operator simplyreleasing his thumb from the lever.

A device of this character is of great im- IOO end fr' adapted to closethe draft-tubo and fulcru ined on said tube, the rod o, passing througlrthe vent-tube, Wit-h its upper end secured to the thumb-lever carryingthe valve m, and the spring l, surrounding the rod carrying the valveand bearing at its lower end upon the cork and its upper end bearingagainst the under side of the thumb-lever, as shown, all adapted tooperate substantially as specified.

ERNST HEYER. Witnesses:

GEO. R. MACKIE, J. N. MCDONALD.

